Lomanotidae

Lomanotidae
Top row: Lomanotus genei Bottom row, from left to right: Lomanotus marmoratus , and Lomanotus vermiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Dendronotacea
Superfamily:	Dendronotoidea
Family:	Lomanotidae Bergh, 1890 [1]

Lomanotidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea. ^{[2] [3]}

Illustration of Lomanotus genei

Genera

The family Lomanotidae includes only one valid genus: ^[2]

• Lomanotus Verany, 1844

References

1. Bergh R. (1890). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abt. für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere5: 49.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Lomanotidae Bergh, 1890". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2026-03-01.
3. Goodheart, Jessica A.; Bazinet, Adam L.; Valdés, Ángel; Collins, Allen G.; Cummings, Michael P. (2017-10-26). "Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 221. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0 . ISSN   1471-2148. PMC   5659023 . PMID   29073890.

See also

• Thompson, T. E., & Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of opisthobranch Molluscs. Vol. 2. Ray Society; London. 1-229, p.17